| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 385 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Includes indexes. |
| Summary |
Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of Devil Got My Woman, I'm So Glad, and 22-20 Blues are masterpieces that transcend the genre. Drawing largely on hundreds of hours of conversations with James himself, it paints a dark and unforgettable portrait of a man untroubled by his own murderous inclinations, a man who achieved one moment of transcendent greatness in a life haunted by failure. In doing so, it offers new insights into the nature of the blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that world vanished. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
James, Skip, 1902-1969.
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James, Skip, 1902-1969. |
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James, Skip, 1902-1969. |
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Blues musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Blues musicians. |
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United States. |
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Blues (Music) -- Mississippi.
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Blues (Music) |
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Mississippi. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Skip James and the blues |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Calt, Stephen. I'd rather be the devil. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2008 9781556527463 (OCoLC)179842756 |
| ISBN |
9781569769966 (electronic book) |
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1569769966 (electronic book) |
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9781569769980 (electronic book) |
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1569769982 (electronic book) |
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9781569769973 (electronic book) |
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1569769974 (electronic book) |
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9781556527463 |
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1556527462 |
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0306805790 |
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9780306805790 |
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